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Walter Raymond Jager WWI archive, 1917-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2004-012
Scope and Contents
World War I era papers and artefacts belonging to American soldier, Walter Jager including foot locker, trunk, mess kit, gas mask, etc.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1917 - 1919
"War Book" of the U.S. School of Military Aeronautics, 1917-1918
Collection
Identifier: 2012-023
Scope and Contents
War book: 23 leaves of blank paper with photographs and other scrapbook type material glued on, usually to leaf recto only. Illustrated with 44 B/W photographs, 4 half-ton images of airplanes, one photostat of an incendiary bomb fact sheet and one newspaper excerpt of "Christmas and War" by the Univ. of IL Dean of Men. Photo album/scrapbook consisting of 44 B/W photos, 4 half-tone images, press cutting, and one photostat; housed in a 2-ring binder; all regarding the US School...
Dates:
1917 - 1918
William Jason Mixter WWI-era papers, 1916-1919
Collection
Identifier: 2001-012
Scope and Contents
A group of documents relating to Dr. William Jason Mixter [of Boston, Mass.], Surgeon, Captain and later Major in the U.S. Medical Corps.
Dates:
1916 - 1919; Majority of material found within 1916 - 1919
WWI-era ephemera
Collection
Identifier: 1000-171
Scope and Contents
Artificial collection of WWI-era ephemera including American Ambulance Field Service in France letterhead; "Armenia" poster corners; cover of "The Daily Sketch Penny Book of War Maps"; R.A.F. Cadet Wing mid term exam; "A Message From the Skies" by Major General John A. Lejeune; souvenir postcards of Camp Doniphan (Fort Sill, OK); series of postcards of Camp de La Valbonne; "Questions a Platoon Commander Should Ask Himself Before an Attack"; "Guide to Nantes for the American Expeditionary...
Dates:
1914 - 1977
WWI photographs, 1918-1935
Collection
Identifier: 2001-073
Scope and Contents
A broad range of subject matter depicted in 238 snapshots. Subjects include ground-based weaponry (French, German), observation balloons and Zeppelins (American, German); aeroplanes (German, American); naval vessels and ferries; ruins (France, Belgium, Germany); soldiers. Also among the collection are approximately 81 snapshots from a later period, circa 1935, of barracks, airplanes, airports, etc.
Dates:
1918 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1919